Dear God. If he's 'dumb', what does that make everyone else who doesn't know what Algol and 8 Cephei are, much less understand and/or appreciate how Goodricke's work laid 'the foundation of [the] modern measurement of the Universe'?
And he got into the Royal Society at 21, too! I'd say that qualifies him as pretty smart.
And this, folks, is why I love medieval disability studies so much. I could base my entire academic career just on attempting to discern the various definitions of disability and their precise meanings.
God, I love my job.
Photo taken near the Treasurer's House to the north of York Minster (York, England)
8 comments:
Yay for Academic Procrastination!!!
-Kate (you can probably figure out which one if you check out the tagline on my blog...)
Hi! - I was directed here via In The Middle. Did you know that there is a Goodricke College in the University?
Hahaha. Yes, just realised which Kate this is. =)
Sarah, yes, I did. Rachel Moss reminded me of that fact a couple of days ago.
In fact, you and I met in February, with Dr. Wogan-Browne. I've been meaning to start up a blog for quite a while, but it wasn't until this year's Kalamazoo that I was convinced to actually get moving on that score.
And In The Middle is just a great blog, isn't it?
Yes, yes and yes!
I do remember meeting you in February. I loved your enthusiasm for court and other administrative records. I hope that you are finding many good things.
Hi again, Sarah.
Yes, it was absolutely great meeting you and Jocelyn then - I'd heard so many good things about you two. You two also gave me quite a bit to think about, along with some very good advice. I'm hoping to sit down some time this summer when things slow down a bit (read: when I survive my viva) and start hammering out a proper thesis/research proposal for York. Better sooner than later, I always say!
Hahaha. I know - a lot of people think I'm quite odd for liking court and administrative records, but I really think they're wonderful things - I'm finding so much about disabilty in those things. It's amazing no one's ever really thought about looking there disability-wise before.
That leads me to an excellent quote I really should bring up in my blog at one point. Douglas C. Baynton, an American historian who works on twentieth-century American deaf history, wrote in his Disability and the Justification of Inequality that "Disability is everywhere in history once you begin looking for it, but conspicuously absent in the histories we write."
I think that sentiment sums up the current state of the field extremely well.
And, yes, In The Middle is absolutely great. I always make sure to check it every morning. I'm hoping to meet Dr. Cohen when I go down to the SEMA conference in October, actually.
Oh, before I forget, I take it you have a blog somewhere around here ('here' being cyberspace), then?
I had two blogs which I used for teaching last term. Otherwise no. I occasionally comment on ITM.
Ah! I've seen your comments on ITM from time to time.
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